บท 154: Blackout. (3)

He tapped the side of his head. "Mini Cleo, activate the scanners. Let's see if we're missing anything."

"Aye, Master!" Mini Cleo responded with enthusiasm, though her tone carried a faint hint of concern. She quickly switched Rex's thermal vision to scanner mode, causing faint, golden light beams to emit from his enhanced eyes.

The scanner worked by detecting movement, electrical signals, and energy patterns that thermal vision couldn't pick up. As Rex swept his gaze across the corridor, the scanner overlay illuminated his vision in a grid-like pattern.

After a few seconds, something pinged on the scanner.

"There we go," Rex muttered, his eyes narrowing. A faint red blip appeared on the overlay, pulsing softly about twenty meters ahead of him, near the floor.

"Mmm? What's that?" Rex said as he slowly approached the anomaly. His weapon was raised, his finger hovering over the trigger.